Ol Onal
Script details
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| Code | Onao |
| Script type | alphabet |
| Region | Indic |
| Status | Current |
| Direction | LTR |
| Baseline | bottom |
| Case | no |
| White space | between words |
| Complex behaviors | diacritics |
| OpenType code | onao |
| ISO 15924 Numeric Code / Key | 296 (left-to-right alphabetic) |
Script description
The Ol Onal script is used in parts of Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand in India to write the Bhumij language (which might be considered a dialect of Mundari).
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The script was developed in 1992 as part of a contest for developing a new script for writing the Bhumij language.
Ol Onal is an alphabetical script written from left to right. There are 30 letters, 4 signs, and 10 script-specific digits.
Languages that use this script
| Language | Writing System Code | Writing System Status | SLDR/CLDR locale | Regional variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mundari | unr-Onao | in use | unr-Onao-IN |
Unicode status
In The Unicode Standard, Ol Onal Script implementation is discussed in Chapter 13 South and Central Asia-II — Other Modern Scripts
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Resources
- ScriptSource page for Ol Onal - all about scripts, languages, and writing systems
- Wikipedia article on Ol Onal